Battle of Galicia
The Battle of Galicia, also known as the Battle of Lemberg, was a major battle between Russia and Austria-Hungary during the early stages of World War I in 1914. In the course of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian armies were severely defeated and forced out of Galicia, while the Russians captured Lemberg and, for approximately nine months, ruled Eastern Galicia until their defeat at Gorlice and Tarnów.
| Battle of Galicia | |||||||||
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| Part of the Eastern Front during World War I | |||||||||
Eastern Front, September 1914. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russian Empire | Austria-Hungary | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Nikolai Ivanov A. Y. von Saltza Aleksei Evert Pavel Plehve Nikolai Ruzsky Aleksei Brusilov |
Archduke Friedrich Conrad von Hötzendorf V. D. von Krasnik Moritz von Auffenberg Rudolf von Brudermann E. von Böhm-Ermolli H. K. von Kövessháza Heinrich von Kummer (General, 1874) | ||||||||
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1st Army 3rd Army 4th Army Army group Kövess Army group Kummer | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 1,200,000 | 950,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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200,000–300,000:
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324,000–420,000:
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